Jack Crawford of Toronto, Ont. picked up his first Olympic medal, skiing to bronze in the men’s alpine combined, bringing Canada’s medal tally to nine at Beijing 2022.
The 24-year-old shared the podium with Austria’s Johannes Strolz, who won gold, and Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who took the silver medal after falling 0.59 seconds short of first place.
Crawford finished fourth in the Beijing 2022 downhill event and second in the downhill portion of the alpine combined, just 0.02 seconds behind Norway’s Kilde, before skiing to the second best time in the slalom run.
With his podium, Crawford picks up Canada’s first-ever medal
